"Set against the backdrop of the contested
US election of 2000, it tells the story of Nathan and Tom, an uncle and
nephew double-act. One in remission from lung cancer, divorced, and estranged
from his only daughter, the other hiding away from his once-promising
academic career, and life in general."

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"I liked The Brooklyn Follies, but not for the same
reasons that I liked The New York Trilogy or Moon Palace or The Book of
Illusions. It's a gentler novel than any of those, without the hard edge,
without the dark, slightly surreal veil."